Suspect in French terror plot had orders from IS group: Paris prosecutor

[Valin]

RFI:

Friday 17 July 2015

 

One of the three men suspected of planning an attack against a French military base had been asked by an Islamic State group militant in Syria to "strike" France, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday. The youngest of the three suspects, aged 17, received the request when it became clear he could not go to Syria to fight alongside jihadist groups because he was under surveillance.

The three men were to appear before a judge Friday and are expected to be charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts.

 

They have been held at the headquarters of the General Directorate for Internal Security since their arrest in Monday dawn raids at different locations in France.

 

Also arrested was a 16-year-old boy who was released Wednesday night after investigators determined that he had “dismissed” the plot, a judicial source told French news agency AFP.

 

The three suspects told investigators they planned to behead a senior officer of a military base in southern France and record the scene with a GoPro camera.

 

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